Feltwell No. 1 / Fatwella / Feltuuella / Feltwella
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1881036] [accessed 12 March 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the modern font and cover visible in the foreground (west end), by the north arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1997987] [accessed 12 March 2013]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2008 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/855842] [accessed 12 March 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15043FEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 1 Bell Street, Feltwell, Norfolk IP26 4AA
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 9 km NW of Brandon, 16 km W of Thetford, at the Norfolk-Suffolk-Cambridgeshire border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimeshoe [aka Gimeshou]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Decorated
Font Notes:
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Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "St. Mary's Church. Is a regular pile of flint, boulder, &c. consisting of a nave, a north and south isle, with a chancel covered with lead; the roof of the nave is of oak, on the principals of it are the effigies of several religious; the roof is supported by pillars formed of four pilasters of stone joined together, making ten handsome arches, five on each side, with as many windows over them. At the west end of the nave stands a large and lofty square tower of freestone, embattled with four pinnacles". Blomefield (ibid.) names 'Nicholas de Coulteshale' as the first recorded rector, 1303. [NB: we have no information on the original font of this early-14th century church]. The present font is modern, octagonal, carved, in a Perpendicular style. The wooden cover is octagonal, with carved decoration on the top and a fleuron finial.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.487517, 0.524983
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 29′ 15.06″ N, 0° 31′ 29.94″ E
UTM: 31U 331954 5818143
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810